| Mary Anderson is the author of 29 books for young people published by Atheneum, Four Winds, Delacorte, Avon, Dell, and Harcourt. She is a Sequoia Book Award nominee, a Dorothy Canfield Fisher Award nominee, a South Carolina Young Adult Book Award nominee, an American Library Association Best Book of the Year nominee, and three of her books have been included in the New York Public Library's list of Best Books of the Year. She has taught for Teachers and Writers Collaborative and for the Women's Writing Guild at Skidmore College.
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| Matthew Cody is the author of the middle grade novels Powerless and The Dead Gentleman (both Knopf), and he has published pieces in McSweeney’s and Opium Magazine. He has taught at Laguardia Community College. He holds a BFA from Webster University and an MFA in Theater from the University of Alabama.
Also Teaches: Creative Writing 101
Unbound: Creative Writing
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| Michelle Knudsen is the author of more than forty books for young readers, including the New York Times best-selling picture book Library Lion and the middle-grade novel The Dragon of Trelian (both Candlewick Press). She has worked as an editor at Random House Children’s Books and as a freelance editor, and speaks at schools and conferences on writing and publishing topics. She holds a BA from Cornell University and an MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from The Vermont College of Fine Arts.
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| Erik Kraft is the author of the chapter book series Lenny and Mel (Simon & Schuster), the picture book Chocolatina (Bridgewater Books), and the middle grade novel Miracle Wimp (Little, Brown). He has taught at Columbia University and Grub Street Writers in Boston. He holds a BA from the University of Massachusetts and an MFA in Writing for Children from Vermont College.
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| Michael Leviton is the author of the forthcoming children's picture book My First Ghost (Hyperion). He has published numerous illustrated paperbacks for Scholastic's READ 180 Literacy Program, and has worked as a celebrity picture book ghostwriter at HarperCollins, and as a screenwriter at RKO Pictures. He guest-lectures at the Parsons Pre-College Academy. He holds a BA from Wesleyan University.
Also Teaches: Creative Writing 101
Unbound: Creative Writing
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| Carolyn MacCullough is the author of the young adult novels, Falling Through Darkness (Roaring Book Press), one of the New York Public Library Best Books for the Teen Age, Stealing Henry (Roaring Brook Press), and Drawing the Ocean. She also teaches at the New School. She holds a BA from Grinnell College and an MFA in Creative Writing from the New School.
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| Margaret Meacham has published fifteen novels for children, including Oyster Moon and The Secret of Heron Creek (both Tidewater), Quiet! You're Invisible, A Mid-Semester Night's Dream, and A Fairy's Guide to Understanding Humans (all Holiday House), The Ghosts of Laurelford (Sunbury), and an adult novel The Survival of Sarah Landing (Sunbury). She has published articles and short stories in Library Journal, Country Magazine, Successful Student Magazine, Maryland Magazine, Highlights for Children, Baltimore Magazine, and the Baltimore Sun. She has taught at Goucher College and Towson University. She holds a BA from Trinity College and an M.L.I.S. from the University of Maryland.
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| Alexander Steele is the Dean of Faculty at Gotham Writers' Workshop. He is the editor of Writing Fiction, Fiction Gallery, and Writing Movies (all Bloomsbury USA). He is the author of numerous children's books, including titles in the Wishbone series (Lyrick Publishing) and the Hardy Boys series (Pocket Books). His plays include One Glorious Afternoon, Lightning and Frenzy, and King of Ragtime, and he scripted the documentary World War II: It Happened in Color. He holds a BA from Vanderbilt University.
Also Teaches: Nonfiction 101
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| Stephanie Stuve-Bodeen is the award-winning author of several picture books, including the Elizabeti's Doll series (Lee & Low) and A Small Brown Dog with a Wet Pink Nose (Little Brown).She is also the author of the young adult novel The Compound. She teaches at the Whidbey Island Writer's Workshop, in addition to conducting workshops for children and adults around the country. She holds a BS from the University of Wisconsin-River Falls and an MFA in Writing from Spalding University.
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| Marissa Walsh is a literary agent with Fine Print Literary Management and has served as an editor at Random House. She is the author of the YA novel A Field Guide to High School (Delacorte Press), and the memoir Girl with Glasses (Simon and Schuster). She is the co-author of the nonfiction book Tipsy in Madras (Penguin) and editor of the anthologies Not Like I'm Jealous or Anything (Delacorte Press) and Does this Book Make Me Look Fat? (Clarion Books). She holds a BA from Smith College.
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